Graduate student Laura McDonough (Braintree, Mass./Braintree HS) drove in four runs to lead Bentley University to a 6-2 win over West Liberty University in non-conference college softball Tuesday morning at the National Training Center.

Scott Souza, sports editor of the Waltham News Tribune, covered Sunday's Northeast-10 championship game win over Adelphi. Here's his game story, which appeared online at waltham.wickedlocal.com.

Junior left fielder Shannon Connor (West Haven, Conn./West Haven HS) and freshman right fielder Chelsea Vena (Matawan, N.J./Saint John Vianney HS) combined for four hits, three runs and three RBI as the Bentley University softball team won its first game of the season, 7-2 over Nyack College in non-conference action at the National Training Center Monday afternoon.

A pair of five-run innings and quality relief pitching propelled St. Thomas Aquinas College to a 12-3 win over Bentley University in non-conference college baseball Monday afternoon at Rollins College’s Alfond Stadium.

Freshman Chase Rosa (Hampton, N.H./Berwick Academy) and sophomore Evan Chomka (Warwick, R.I./Bishop Hendricken) each posted singles wins, but the Bentley University men’s tennis team suffered a 7-2 defeat to Webber International in a non-conference matchup Monday in Orlando.

The Bentley women’s tennis team won three of six singles matches Monday against Southern Indiana, but ended up on the wrong end of a 6-3 decision to the Screaming Eagles in a non-conference match.

Senior All-America forward Lauren Battista (North Easton/Oliver Ames HS) tied her career-best with 29 points, eclipsing the 2,000-mark for her career in the process, and collected an unprecedented fourth consecutive Northeast-10 Conference Championship MVP award as Bentley University put on a sparkling offensive performance en route to its fourth straight NE-10 title, 99-76 over Adelphi University Sunday afternoon at the Dana Center.

Boston Globe sportswriter Mike Vega profiles legendary Bentley women's basketball coach Barbara Stevens, who has her team ranked No. 1 in Division II and 28-0 heading into today's Northeast-10 Championship game. His story appeared in the Mar. 9 edition of the Globe and online at www.bostonglobe.com.

After Bentley University came from behind twice to even the score, St. Thomas Aquinas College picked up three runs in the final two innings to top the Falcons, 5-2, in non-conference college baseball Sunday afternoon at Rollins College’s Alfond Stadium.

Day two of the Bentley University softball team’s trip to the National Training Center saw the Falcons drop a pair on Sunday, 4-1 to Mercy College in the morning game and 4-0 to Tiffin University in the second game of the day.

Marian University (Ind.) won five of six singles matches, as they defeated the Bentley men’s tennis team 6-3 on Sunday in the Falcons’ spring break trip opener. Bentley won two doubles matches in the second and third flights.

In the history of the Northeast-10 Conference women’s basketball championships, the only four-peat was achieved by the Bentley University Falcons from 1998-2001. On Sunday, the latest edition of the Bentley women’s basketball team will look to duplicate that feat when the Falcons host Adelphi University in the 33rd annual Northeast-10 Conference championship game. Tip-off at the Dana Center is 1 pm, and the contest will be webcast at www.northeast10.tv.

Newcomers David Phelps (Bedford, N.H./Bedford), Cutler Dimond (Marblehead, Mass./Tabor Academy) and John Wheeler (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough) combined for seven goals, but the Bentley men’s lacrosse team suffered a hard-fought defeat to Dowling 15-10 in the season-opener Saturday afternoon on Long Island.

Red-shirt freshman Samantha Willman (Wheeler, Mich.) fired a two-hit shutout as Saginaw Valley State, playing its tenth game of the year, spoiled the season-opener for the Bentley University women’s softball team, 6-0 Saturday afternoon at the National Training Center.

The Bentley University women’s tennis team got its spring break trip underway on Saturday in Orlando, but suffered a 6-3 defeat to Aquinas College. Sophomore Brittani Hetyei (Vernon, N.J./Vernon Township) and freshman Susan Stowe (Hebron, Conn./RHAM) won in singles for the Falcons.

Coach Michele DeGregorio will unveil her 2014 team for the first time Saturday afternoon when the Bentley University softball team begins a ten-game season-opening trip to the National Training Center in Clermont, Fla. Saturday afternoon with a 4 pm contest against Saginaw Valley State (Mich.). Links to live stats will be available at www.bentleyfalcons.com.

The 2014 Bentley men’s lacrosse season gets underway Saturday afternoon when the Falcons travel to Long Island to take on No. 9 Dowling at 3:00 pm. It’s the first of three straight games Bentley will play on the road to begin the season.

Senior All-America Lauren Battista (North Easton/Oliver Ames HS) made seven of 11 shots for 21 points and classmate Caleigh Crowell (Harwich/Worcester Academy) followed with 14 as undefeated Bentley University, the number one-ranked team in the USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Division II poll, advanced to the Northeast-10 Conference women’s basketball championship game for the fourth straight year and 25th time overall with a 75-59 win over Assumption College in a semifinal contest Thursday night at the Dana Center.

After recording their seventh wire-to-wire win of the season in Sunday’s quarterfinals, the undefeated Bentley University Falcons will continue their bid for a fourth straight Northeast-10 Conference women’s basketball championship when they host Assumption College Thursday night (7 pm) in a semifinal game at the Dana Center.

Graduate student and six-time All-America Amy Varsell (Burlington, Conn./Lewis S. Mills HS), the most decorated student-athlete in Bentley University women’s track history, will wrap up her career Mar. 14-15 at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track Championships, which will be held at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Bentley University Falcons, the only remaining unbeaten team in Division II basketball, were a unanimous number one in this week’s USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Women’s Basketball Division II national coaches’ poll.

Junior center Alex Grieve (Calgary, Alberta/Westside Warriors) of the Bentley hockey team has been named the Travel Team USA Atlantic Hockey Co-Player of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday morning.

Seniors Jackie Gauthier (Braintree/Braintree HS), Kelly Sanborn (Hopkinton/Hopkinton HS) and Samantha Tierney (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Roy C. Ketcham HS), a trio of four-year starters, will serve as captains of the 2014 Bentley University women’s softball team, coach Michele DeGregorio announced.

After a career effort during Sunday’s Last Chance Meet at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center, Bentley University freshman Eric Beckwith (North Attleboro/ North Attleboro HS) has been named the Men’s Field Rookie of the Week in the Northeast-10 Conference.

For the third time this season, Bentley University freshman forward Jen Gemma (Milton/Fontbonne Academy) has been selected as the Northeast-10 Conference Women’s Basketball Spalding Rookie of the Week.

A 10-0 run to start the game and 27 consecutive points to open the second half was more than enough as Bentley University, the only remaining unbeaten in Division II women’s basketball, rolled to a 77-51 victory over Le Moyne College in the quarterfinals of the Northeast-10 Conference Championships Sunday afternoon at the Dana Center.

Saint Anselm College’s 14th and 15th points off turnovers, a short jumper by junior guard Roy Mabrey (Belmar, N.J.) off an inbound play with about ten seconds left, reversed a one-point deficit and gave the Hawks a 79-78 win over Bentley University in the quarterfinals of the Northeast-10 Conference Championships Sunday afternoon at Stoutenburgh Gym.